I was told about this rivalry by a teacher in school in the 1990s. I'm glad to finally hear an example .Melody was already dead when I started remembering things as a child. I grew up viewing Sparrow as a rival to calypsonian Kitchener, who died in 2000. Sparrow is still alive as of writing in 2018.I'm glad to get this renewed interest in "kaiso".

@monroebroo

11y↑2

Those were the good old days. Kudo's to Glenroy for sharing such a classic.

@starryknight776

10y↑1

Fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing, bless you, made my Mama happy this evening xx

@ashton272

8y↑24

This is where rap battle came from

@dmunchman

11y↑2

Thanks Glen . Duel sound's refreshing .

@dariosmagata8481

5y↑22

Yes this is the precursor to the rap battle. Rap and hip-hop comes out of Caribbean music, look at some of the earliest hip-hop records and see where they were recorded, in the reggae and calypso studios of NYC and Florida. Many things trace back to the islands!

@americasmaker

Yeah, no. The dozens are the precursor to Hip Hop, same ethnic group, black Americans. I wouldn't be surprised if this was influenced by black American Jazz and bebop, blues, the dozens.

@dariosmagata8481

3y↑2

@@americasmaker The dozens is just the American version of an African tradition, it all comes from the same roots. Not trying to take away from African-Americans achievements - hip hop and the dozens are American inventions, but they didn’t come out of thin air.

@ES2990

2y↑1

@@dariosmagata8481 And this is the TRinidadian version. The American version evolved with other black American cultural aspects and music to become hip hop

@anobhadran

9y↑1

lord
sooo much love for this!!

@garywarner2260

melody win this

@mickydub3

7y↑2

" CYAAARNN TOUCH AH DIS CLASS AH TUNE ...... NAH TRUE "

@LIGERIENKARIBEEN

11y↑1

Bel bagaye ,bon combat ,bel nivo

@boygrant1

10y↑1

Thanks for keeping the culture alive Glenroy

@PETERPAUL24

9y↑9

Classic display by two giants of Calypso! With due respect to Lord Melody, to me, Mighty Sparrow won this duel.

@Adrian-fd4wf

Whatever. This is a Calypso relic and everyone's a winner. Except for you, for lacking self respect. You are no longer permitted to use YouTube.

@BUTONAE

8y↑1

For not knowing the meaning of "Freedom of Speech", you're no longer permitted to use the YouTube or listen to Calypso for the rest of your life. How about that?

@Adrian-fd4wf

BUTONAE Nice try. Freedom is a privilege you lose when you abuse it, which you've done again here in suggesting one of us doesn't know this. You are now no longer permitted to speak either.

@boygrant1

10y↑2

Beautiful I heard this on Pandora and I was hoping that someone would upload it on youtube thanks Glenroy this is classic I was 1 year old when this came out

@trinity5642

6y↑1

Th is had me cracking up😅🤣🤣. Long live Kaiso

@fabian419

10y

SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

@wilmamorrison3082

8y↑3

is that where these rap artists get this from question

@davadavo

7y↑2

Lyrics please ?

@AllanDiRealMcCoy

11y↑1

Do you have "Mr.Rooster" and "Gimme The Rum Fast" from Dave Martins and the Tradewinds? If so, please let me know. It's from Guyana

@mickydub3

5y↑4

PRE DATES " RAP " BY YEARS

@maakeklein4073

7y↑1

this nah vicious like rap.just humourous and clever!

@roybrown7357

thoes guys were realy friends(lord melody and the mighty sparrow)lord melody was much older than the mighty sparrow,and the mighty sparrow learned alot from melody,but money,wealth and fame pit them against each other.in those days it was very hard to get rich singing calypso songs that is why alot of the calypsoians left to go to england to make a lot of money,so they could come back to trinidad as rich men.we will miss those guys.